Kelsey Craven

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Kelsey Craven is an Associate at Stebner Gertler & Guadagni. Her practice primarily focuses on cases of elder abuse and neglect, especially those involving bedsores, falls, sexual abuse, and other serious injuries or deaths in nursing homes and assisted living facilities across California. She passionately advocates for the elderly and their families by seeking justice for the harm they’ve endured and pushing for lasting change in the long-term care industry.

Kelsey has been selected as a Super Lawyer Rising Star from 2023-2025, was awarded Santa Clara County Trial Lawyer Association’s 2024 Trial Team of the Year with Karman Guadagni and Kirsten Fish, and was awarded San Francisco Trial Lawyer Association’s 2025 Trial Lawyer of the Year with Karman Guadagni. She is also the President of Legal Assistance for Seniors, a non-profit that provides free legal representation and advice, health insurance counseling, and community education to qualified Alameda County residents.

Bar Admissions

California

Education

University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, California
- J.D. – 2020
University of San Francisco
- B.A.
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Honors: Dean’s List
- Honors: National Society of Collegiate Honors
- Major: Politics
- Major: Public Service & Community Engagement
- Minor: Peace & Justice Studies

Published Works

“CAOC’s Justice Day: Preserving the Right to a Jury Trial”, The Trial Lawyer. San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association. Summer 2024
“Unconscionable Actions”, Los Angeles Lawyer, The Los Angeles County Bar Association, June 2024
CANHR article, “The Marathon Continues: A Look at the Incoming Administration and Safeguarding Elder Justice”
Material Breach for Failure to Pay Arbitration Fees by Karman Guadagni and Kelsey Craven

Presentations/Speaking Engagements

“Breaking the Chain: Bank Accountability & Financial Elder Abuse”, July 27, 2021, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association & SeminarWeb
“Access to Mental Health Services Regardless of Migration Status”, March 19, 2019, Commission on the Status of Women, 63rd Session, United Nations Headquarters (NY)
“More Money, More Problems: Material Breach for Failure to Pay Arbitration Fees”, February 27, 2023, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association New Lawyers Division Ski and CLE
“Going Mental: Mental Health as a Trial Attorney”, March 22, 2025, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Ski and CLE
“Sanctions Holding Defense Accountable for Misuse of the Discovery Process”, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association New Lawyer Division Adventure Conference, June 2024